VP Data - Breakout Prop
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KrakenCrypto
United KingdomFull-TimeVp
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonSQLKafkaSnowflakeAirflowSparkDatabricksPySpark
Requirements
- 10+ years in data engineering, data warehousing, or a senior data infrastructure role
- Expert-level SQL and data manipulation skills using Spark, PySpark, or equivalent big data frameworks
- Proven experience processing high-volume, high-velocity datasets
- Deep expertise in data lake and data warehousing technologies and data modeling best practices (Presto, Athena, Glue, Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent)
- Extensive experience designing and operating data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows in Airflow or similar orchestration frameworks
- Solid grounding in software design principles
- Strong Python proficiency
- Hands-on experience translating complex business requirements into robust data sourcing and modeling solutions
- Exposure to data mesh or data product frameworks
- Proven track record leading and growing data teams, hiring, mentoring, and setting engineering standards
- Experience operating as a senior stakeholder, translating data strategy into business outcomes for a CEO or executive team
- Track record of evolving a data function through a growth inflection, scaling what exists
- Experience in a high-growth startup, post-acquisition integration environment, or regulated industry (fintech or crypto a plus)
- Ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with organisational leadership
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of an existing data function and scale it to match Breakout's next stage of growth
- Report directly to the COO with full mandate to elevate data maturity across the business
- Evolve current pipelines and infrastructure into a reliable, scalable data platform
- Expand self-serve analytics so every team can access insight without depending on engineering
- Grow and lead the data team, hiring, mentoring, and setting the bar for craft
- Establish data governance, quality standards, and a shared data model that the whole company trusts
- Build data products where AI agents are first-class consumers of the data layer
- Leverage Kraken's global infrastructure to accelerate what Breakout can build
- Partner with product, finance, ops, and growth to embed data into strategic decisions
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